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John Letcher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01066
Scope and Contents

Papers; 1860-1875; of John Letcher, governor of Virginia, 1860-1864. Includes appointment, 1860, of justices of the peace for Augusta County, Virginia signed by Letcher; and letters, November 3, 1864-September 3, 1865, of Letcher, Lexington Virginia to Joseph A. Hierholzer, Richmond, Virginia. Three of the letters are negative photocopies.

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Miles C. Selden Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 Se4
Scope and Contents

Dated 1839-1880. Letters, 1859-1880, to Miles C. Selden of Henrico County, Va., from Hill Carter at Charles City County, Va. and from Andrew Johnston of Richmond, Va. Also includes accounts, invoices, and receipts, 1839-1863, of Selden as trustee for Beverly and Ann S. Heth.

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Robert Skipwith Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 Sk4
Scope and Contents Diaries, 1834-1898, of Robert Skipwith kept in Goochland County, Va., Richmond, Va. and Powhatan County, Va. Much of Skipwith's life is documented by these 14 diaries and topics include weather, personal affairs (the loss of his wife, and his aging), farming, social life in his neighborhood, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Virginia politics. He often included genealogical information on individuals when he recorded their deaths. Skipwith's 1862-1865 diary has been digitized...
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James Thomas, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 T38
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1851-1867, of James Thomas, Jr., a tobacco dealer in Richmond, Va. mainly concerned with the tobacco trade and prices in the Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore markets. Consists of correspondence and financial papers.

Found in: Special Collections Research Center

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Augusta County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Charles City County (Va.)--History 1
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Henrico County (Va.) 1
Lexington (Va.)--History--19th century 1
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Powhatan County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Virginia 1
Richmond (Va.)--History--19th century 1
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Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)--History 1
Tobacco--Virginia--History--19th century 1
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Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 1
Hierholzer, Joseph A 1
James River and Kanawha Canal (Va.) 1
Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870 1
Letcher, John, 1813-1884 1
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Selden, Miles C. 1
Skipwith, Robert 1
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